SS Vocab & Review

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Vocab:

Quarter 1
  1. adapt:
  2. alliance / ally:
  3. ceded:
  4. duty:
  5. debt:
  6. boycotted:
  7. petition:
  8. monopoly:
  9. repeal:
  10. minutemen:

Quarter 2
  1. diplomat:
  2. blockade:
  3. mercenaries:
  4. Thomas Paine:
  5. resolution:
  6. Richard Henry Lee:
  7. Declaration of Independence:
  8. revise:
  9. federalism:
  10. separation of powers:
  11. amend:
  12. compromise:

Quarter 3
  1. factions:
  2. Manifest Destiny:

Review Q's:

Quarter 1:
O9: Identify on a map, modern European places related to historic events being studied
O10: Identify physical and cultural regions of Europe: Country and capitals
O11: Review the causes and effects of the French and Indian War
O12: Review the causes and effects of the American Revolution
  1. How long ago did the earliest Americans arrive?
  2. What continent did they come from?
  3. Why did they come?
  4. How did they get here?
  5. Throughout the 1400's the Aztecs conquered most of what country?
  6. Throughout the 1400's the Incas had created an empire on what continent?
  7. By the 1500's Native Americans had adapted to their environments in North America; what does it mean to adapt?
  8. What do we call soldier-adventurers from Spain who set out to explore and conquer the Native Americans?
  9. Why were soldier-adventurers from Spain trying to conquer the Native Americans? What did they want?
  10. In 1520, which Spanish, soldier-adventurer conquered the Aztecs?
  11. In 1533, which Spanish, soldier-adventurer conquered the Incas?
  12. What are three reasons that the Spanish were victorious over the Native Americans?
  13. What were the French and the British competing for in the 17th century?
  14. What year was the French colony of Quebec established?
  15. What year was the British colony of Jamestown established?
  16. In 1753, what caused the French and British to clash after 150 years of peace?
  17. It's called the French and Indian War because...
  18. Which tribe of Indians allied themselves with the French?
  19. Who did the British send to force the French out of the Ohio River Valley?
  20. What was happening to the British in 1755?
  21. In 1757, the British turned the tide. What does "turned the tide" mean?
  22. What tactic allowed the British to turn the tide?
  23. In 1759, the British conquered which New France city?
  24. In 1763, when France ceded to the British what did they lose?
  25. What does the word debt mean? Why do you think that the British had a large debt after the war?
  26. Why do you think the Colonists were able to develop a sense of unity?
  27. Why did the Native Americans get mad when the Colonists started moving into the Ohio River Valley?
  28. What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
  29. Why did the British Parliament pass this provision?
  30. What is a duty?
  31. What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that put a duty on several products, including molasses?
  32. What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that required British Colonists to provide homes and food for British soldiers?
  33. What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that put a tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents?
  34. Name two non-violent forms of protest used by the British Colonists.
  35. Parliament repealed all of the Townshend duties except which one?
  36. What is the name of the incident in which five unarmed British Colonists were killed by British soldiers in Boston?
  37. What is the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that gave the East India Tea Company a monopoly on Tea?
  38. What happened in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773 in response to the above provision?
  39. What is the name of the provisions passed by the British Parliament in response to the events that occurred on December 16, 1773?
  40. Who was at the First Continental Congress?
  41. What did the First Continental Congress do?
  42. Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
  43. Why did the First Continental Congress meet?
  44. The first shot of the American Revolution occurred in what city?

Quarter 2:
O12: Review the causes and effects of the American Revolution
O26: Recognize the country's development into a republic
O27: Explain the major significance of the Constitution, Bill of Rights
  1. The Patriots were made up of which two kinds of Colonists?
  2. The Loyalists were made up of which two kinds of Colonists?
  3. What were three additional groups that fought as allies with the British during the American Revolution?
  4. The Second Continental Congress sent two petitions to the King; What were they called?
  5. How many British troops were sent to the Colonies in response to the petitions sent by the Second Continental Congress?
  6. What was the name of the British fort that was attacked by the Green Mountain Boys on May 10, 1775?
  7. What kind of weapons did the Green Mountain Boys take when they took over the fort?
  8. Why were the British able to win the Battle of Bunker Hill?
  9. Who wrote the book Common Sense?
  10. How did Common Sense change people's thinking about a war for independence?
  11. What is a resolution?
  12. Who presented a resolution to Congress that stated that the colonies should be free?
  13. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  14. How many sections did the Declaration of Independence have?
  15. What was the Preamble?
  16. What are the four main points of the Second Section of the Declaration of Independence?
  17. What is a grievance?
  18. What was the date of the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
  19. What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
  20. Who won the American Revolution?
  21. What was the name of the Treaty that ended the war?
  22. Why were the Americans able to win? (4 reasons; Page 194)
  23. How many states made up the United States at this point?
  24. As a result of the American victory, what happened in countries like France and Latin America?
  25. What was the Constitution before the Constitution?
  26. Why did this plan limit the power of the national government?
  27. Why was it unsuccessful?
  28. What does the word revise mean?
  29. What was the name of the rebellion that caused delegates to sit down and revise this plan?
  30. What was the name of the group that wrote the Constitution?
  31. What is federalism?
  32. What is separation of powers?
  33. What are the three branches of the government?
  34. Was the Constitution ever changed?
  35. How many times was the Constitution changed?
  36. What do we call a change to the Constitution?
  37. What do we call the first ten amendments?
  38. What are some of the rights of the first ten amendments?
  39. Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States? What year?
  40. Which amendment says that the Bill of Rights protects all citizens equally?
  41. Which amendment says that a person cannot be denied the right to vote because of race?
  42. Which amendment gave women the right to vote? What year?

Quarter 3:
  1. What is another word for political parties?
  2. What was the name of the first two political parties?
  3. What was the main thing that the two political parties argued over?
  4. Why did the Framers of the Constitution not expect political parties to form?
  5. What are the two largest political parties today?
  6. Who was the second President of the United States?
  7. Who was the third President of of the United States?
  8. What did the leaders think that the success of the country depended on?
  9. Why was that a problem? Who lived in the West?
  10. What was Thomas Jefferson famous for writing?
  11. What was he famous for purchasing?
  12. What were the two benefits of the purchase?
  13. What was the name of the two explorers that were hired to explore this new purchase?
  14. What was the name of the translater who accompanied them on their adventures?
  15. What was the initial result of the Lewis & Clark adventures (Page 321)?
  16. What is Manifest Destiny?